spongelike

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Ertürk’s team found that treating mouse bodies for 2 weeks with a chemical called beta-cyclodextrin dissolves cholesterol in the cell membrane, creating spongelike holes in the whole organism without damaging other parts of the tissues.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 25, 2023

The researchers first modeled spongelike environments on a computer and found that varying chamber sizes would allow many different bacterial strains to thrive.

From Scientific American • May 27, 2022

Dr. Amber Nolan points to a particularly shriveled, spongelike tip dangling from a section of the temporal lobe.

From Seattle Times • May 20, 2022

While it is true that some lovers leave indelible marks in one’s memory, a healthy brain remains spongelike and able to canonize new experience.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2020

The spongelike carpet underneath the forest holds the water until it has had time to soak into the earth from which it later emerges as springs.

From Conservation Reader by Fairbanks, Harold W. (Harold Wellman)